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Philly Anchor Charged With Hacking Co-Worker

Mendte dished gossip to media from co-anchor's computer

By Drew Nelles, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 22, 2008 12:19 PM CDT

(Newser) – Former comedian and KWY-TV anchor Larry Mendte probably isn’t laughing now. He’s facing a felony charge for hacking into ex-co-anchor Alycia Lane’s computer and doling out information—including bikini photos—to gossip columnists and blogs, the Philadelphia Daily News reports. “The... Read full story »

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